obedience really society
event museum penal recess superior
feline nausea precedence resource theater
frequent negro precise sacrilegious theology
mechanic notoriety pretense secretary veto

#[Eighth Month.]#

"_O_ constituting or ending a syllable is long."

broken explosive melodeon poem spoken
chosen gondola melody police tobacco
composition licorice open potato trophy
coquet location opponent promotion zodiac
cupola locust pantomime proviso zooelogy

EIGHTH YEAR.

#[Fourth Month.]#

"_I_constituting or ending an unaccented syllable, not initial, is
always short, and is usually short even in initial syllables, if
unaccented."

divide tirade sentinel fidelity residence
direct intimate continent digest levity
finance indivisible defensible hilarious reticent
imitate equidistant predicate maritime reticule
piazza nobility finance invitation direction

In the _initial_ syllables _i_, _bi_, _chi_, _cli_, _cri_, _pri_,
_tri_, however, _i_ is generally _long_.

idea biology climatic primeval tripod
idle Chinese criterion triangular triune
isothermal chirography biennial binomial priority

#[Fifth Month.]#

_E_ before terminal _n_ should always be silent in participles, and
also in most other words.

given stolen ridden bidden forsaken
taken proven shaken woven gotten
broken driven written shaven risen
spoken frozen arisen chidden smitten
fallen hidden beaten eaten stricken

also

heaven oaken happen burden leaven
often leaden seven garden brazen
widen golden even eleven christen

But in the following words _e_ should be sounded:

hyphen chicken marten lichen sudden
linden linen gluten mitten aspen

_E_ should also be sounded in any word (not a participle) in which
terminal _en_ is immediately preceded by _l_, _m_, _n_, or _r_.

women Ellen Helen omen pollen
barren linen woolen Allen Warren

#[Sixth Month.]#

"_E_ before terminal _l_ should usually be sounded."

Abel model morsel c